SWMC: Miller Advanced Music Party

For the fourth year in a row, Miller supports the Winter Music Conference in Sochi (www.swmc.ru). This time a new concept will be presented – Miller Advanced Music, reflecting the most recent trends in club music life.

We are talking about nu- and dark-disco, as well as various directions that have developed from nu-rave. This format is quite experimental for a conference that has historically relied on the most popular dance styles – techno, house, and trance.

On February 6, DJs Japanets (aka Taras 3000) and Sandra 3000 will perform at the Sochi club "Embassy of Jamaica," while live performances will be given by Moscow electronic musicians Mujuice & Dzhem, and there will also be a video performance by designer Yan Latushka.

More about the participants of Miller Advanced Music:

DJ Japanets aka Taras 3000

Dmitry DJ Japanets Ustinov – a music school graduate, former art director of the "Cult" club, a DJ specializing in British funk and neo-soul, and leader of the Earl Grey Smokers group. In 2005, Dima, together with his friend Roman Mazurenko, who had returned from Dublin, started organizing freestyle parties. Gradually, his tastes shifted towards the productions of the Kitsune and Ed Bangers labels, and Japanets became the first DJ systematically promoting nu-rave in Moscow and organizing crazy events with an artistic background. After 4 years, Dima, together with Idle Conversation, holds two parties at the club "Solanka" – "Lgi! Zavidu!" and Odyssey, produces remixes for various groups from Bi-2 to Dsh! Dsh! and periodically goes on tours in London. His second pseudonym – Taras 3000 – was taken in imitation of the nickname Mustapha 3000, which Erol Alkan uses for his more underground projects at the Trash! parties in London.

www.myspace.com/taras3000→

Sandra 3000

Sandra 3000 is a 24-year-old girl who plays techno, house, electro, and disco at closed parties for the political elite. Her husband, the president of the Football Union of Turkmenistan, a distant relative of Niyazov, has fallen into disgrace under Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and is forced to flee to Russia. Little is known about Sandra 3000: she deliberately does not create a profile on either promodj.ru or MySpace.com, believing that music is not the main thing in her work. There are many rumors about her: that she was taught to spin records by Viktor Pelevin, that she appeared in German art porn as a schoolgirl, and that she set the "Dygilev" club on fire. In 2007, Sandra 3000 won the title of "Miss Silicone Insert Moscow." In 2008, she performed on City Day in Karasuk. And in the current 2009 she has already managed to release a track "Black Earth" with a remix from Hungarian DJ Istvan Benassi on the "Ringtone Production" label. Her appearance at the Miller Advanced Music party during the Winter Conference in Sochi promises to be a new stage in the career of this promising artist.

Mujuice+Dzhem

Roma Mujuice Litvinov's compositions became a real sensation in 2007. The young, little-known graphic design student amazed the music community with crackling minimal techno. Anton Kubikov immediately took notice of Roma, recently having released Mujuice's first long-play album on his label Pro-Tez. Roma did not stop at minimal techno and went further. What he produces now is a complex mixture of electronic sounds, where dance rhythms alternate with ambient drops. Now Roma has joined forces with Sasha "Dzhem" – a music activist working in the realm of abstract hip-hop. Their collaborative concerts sound even more expressive and effective than the solo performances of Mujuice.

www.myspace.com/mujuice→
www.myspace.com/how2make→

VJ Yan Latushka

A director and video designer, he participated in creating bumpers for the "Culture" channel, repeatedly awarded the TEFI award. Author of the video sequence for the play "Crystal World" based on a story by V. Pelevin and the site mediadivers.com. He introduced the term "media diving" to the Russian language and the corresponding practice: diving into the sea of media content to fish out something worthwhile.